Impactful Vessels (Honoring the College Park Food Bank Board Members and Volunteers)

Blessings to all. I pray all is well and peaceful. I would like to Honor these Impacful Vessels for Humanity that relentlessly serve our community. No storm can deter their service to our community whether it be internal or environmental. Their Passion is exalted as they prosper in providing the community with the food during these turbulent times. The College Park Food Bank works to reduce hunger in College Park Maryland and neighboring communities by regularly offering food to families. Since the pandemic started, they have served more than three times the families than the normal served per month pre-pandemic. The CPFB served 9,433 families—40,588 individuals in 2019 and now the records have gone through the roof. They have made a phenomenal Impact in service and collaboration as well. They have been supported by Blessful donors, volunteers, partners, and board members who display elite commitment to serving our community. The collaborative support is growing as the CPFB nourishes their fruitful resources for greater fruits of collaborative labor. They have an amazing distribution system that effectively serves both pedestrians and drivers. Stations are set up with a specific number of distributors per station including bilingual and sign language speakers. Drivers simply pull up, state the number of families, zip codes, and food is placed in the trunk or backseat by the distributor. The pedestrians pick up their Blessings in the same way at a location near the entrance of the distribution site. All volunteers are signed up days prior. All volunteers receive a detailed brief, nourishments, and warmers to keep hands and feet warm during service in the cold weather. Sometimes it gets icy. The last distribution was successful at serving fresh produce and nonperishable food to 299 families containing 1,214 people in the freezing rain! The College Park Food Bank does an astounding job at making sure their Vessels (volunteers) are well and safe. Please click the link below for more information on donating and signing up to be a Vessel for Humanity serving with the College Park Food Bank. http://www.collegeparkfoodbank.com/ All photos were taken by Grace Forbes (https://mustardseedphotography.weebly.com/blog)

Website link: http://www.collegeparkfoodbank.com/

How Community Service will decrease Gun Violence?

Blessings to all. Lately in Prince George's county the Gun Violence has sadly increased. According to the county records, in 2019 there were 60 homicide victims and in 2020 there were 99 homicide victims right here in the county I Live in. The majority of these homicides are because of Gun Violence. Recently Scott Broom wrote an article stating that "By any measure, January was a chilling and disturbing month for homicide investigators in Prince George’s County. According to the police department, there were 16 murders in January 2021 compared to just six during the same period last year." This nonsense has to stop and it starts with US. I Truly believe community service is the ultimate resolution for decreasing the crime in our communities. The majority of the suspects committing these crimes are young men and women who do not see the King and Queen within themselves so they react to the toxic ignorance that floods their environment. We have the resources available, we just need more bridges for our purpose deficient brothers and sisters. Community service helps people discover what the desire within and the LIFE they want to Live. I will never forget the day after taking my nephew to serve homeless citizens in downtown DC. He looked at me as we walked towards my car once we done and said "When I get older, I am going to open a restaurant. I will close for one day each month to feed homeless families." Those words from my nephew is proof that all it takes is the exposure to their True Desire by serving their community. Our youth can and will focus on serving our communities instead of disturbing our communities. This is the first step to making a Generational Impact. Encourage our youth to serve at their local church, food bank, or right in their own community by starting a clothing drive. Spring time is coming and people have a lot to declutter. Please feel free to email vessel4humanity@gmail.com if you would like to discuss how to get your local youth involved in the community that they Live in. Teach our youth today the return of community service is Generational and will bring back more value than any job could ever pay. The discovery of their purpose to have LIFE and Live it without waver. Please check out Guns Down Friday founded by Gun Violence Victims Advocate, Jawanna Hardy from Prince George’s County. https://gunsdownfriday.com/ Please subscribe, comment, and share! Have an Impactful day!